- Author
- Day, G. W.
- Title
- Optoelectronics at NIST: Brief Research Summaries From Throughout the Institute.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 6008, June 2001, 71 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
- optical properties | semiconductors | lasers | temperature | time | photometry
- Identifiers
- metrology in support of science and engineering; time and frequency; photometry and colorimetry; electromagnetic radiation; ionizing radiation; dimensional measurements; sensing; metrology in support of the optoelectronics industries; optical communications; industrial/medical/military lasers; flat panel displays; illumination; compound semiconductor manufacturing; component packaging and assembly; electrical and electronics instrumentation; magnetic data storage
- Abstract
- Optoelectronics is the marriage of optics and electronics that has enabled many familiar and diverse high-technology products and processes -- high-quality telecommunications systems, the Internet, laser printing, fax machines, bar-code scanning, optical disc technology, displays, electronic cameras, advanced manufacturing processes, and new medical diagnostic and treatment procedures. The industry is large and growing rapidly as new advances emerge from research laboratories. NIST's work in optoelectronics is as diverse as the field, and is scattered throughout the Institute. Some of it represents traditional NIST efforts to provide the optoelectronics industry with measurement technology, standards, and traceability. Some of it involves the use of optoelectronic technologies to achieve NIST's goals in other areas-in support of other industries, in support of the scientific community, or in fundamental research. All of it represents expertise and resources that may be applicable to problems well removed from those on which they are currently focused. This document contains summaries of sixty-four NIST projects in which optoelectronics plays an important role. It has been compiled primarily for NIST scientists, engineers, and managers, to foster collaboration and synergistic approaches to problems of common interest. But it is also being made available to the public as an aid to those who seek NIST expertise in the fields described. Points of contact -- email and phone -- are provided for each project. Information on the number of staff and the type of staff involved in each project is approximate and is included only to give a general idea of the size of the activity. Information on sources of funding is provided as an indicator of whether the work is conducted primarily using, NIST appropriated funds, or performed as contract research for other government organizations.